G/TBT/N/UGA/1252  
10 November 2020  
(20-8036) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Ham; 
Frozen hams, shoulders and cuts thereof of swine, with bone in (HS 020322); Meat and 
meat products (ICS 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
1028:2020, Ham — Specification, First Edition  (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for ham. The  standard applies to the product that is cured and may be 
smoked or cooked, spiced and/or flavored.  
7. Objective  and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
2. CAC/RCP 68 -2009, Code of practice for the reduction of contamination of food 
with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) from smoking and direct drying 
processes  
3. CAC/RCP 58 , Code of hygienic practice for meat  
4. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/UGA/1252  
 
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  5. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
6. EAS 35, Edible table salt — Specification  
7. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
8. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
9. ISO 5961, Water quality — Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
10. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
11. ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of mercury 
content — Flameless atomic absorption method  
12. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
13. ISO 6579, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1:  Detection of Salmonella spp.  
14. ISO 16654:2001/Amd.1:2017, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 
Horizontal method for the detection of Escherichia coli O157 AMENDMENT 1: 
Annex B: Result of interlaboratory studies  
15. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 
1: Detection method  
16. ISO 17294 -2, Water quality — Application of inductively coupled plasma mass 
spectrometry (ICP -MS) — Part 2: Determina tion of 62 elements  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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